Introduction to Women’s Health

FormFunction

Foundations

Form= Anatomy

female male

Lifespan

Adolescence

Pelvic floor supports

Pregnancy

Life

Menopause

Pelvic floor disorders

FORM

FunctionPhysiology

Dr. Bernadine Healy

Cardiologist

1991 Appointed director of the NIH

First woman director of NIH

Initiator of Women’s Health Initiative

1996

Glassman talking about studiesIncidence of mi in women and when it happensHDL inwomen

Cardiovascular disease

SymptomsAgeMortality/ MorbidityMicrovascular disease (MVD)TestingTreatment

Function

FoundationsCell biology

Hormone receptors

Story of Tamoxiphen

SERM 1970’sTamoxiphen

Endometrium

RALOXIPHEN

Late 1980’s

Raloxiphen 1993

Serm Prevention and

treatment of osteoporosis

Estrogen receptors Where else?

Estrogen Receptors Where Else?

Womens’ Health 2010

Form

Function

Foundations